- Retail sales in the US fell more than expected in May.
- The USD index remains in a daily range adjusted about 98.00.
Retail sales in the United States (USA) decreased 0.9% in May to 715.4 billion $, announced the US census bureau on Tuesday. This reading followed the 1.5%decrease (reviewed from +0.1%) registered in April and was worse than the expectation of the market of a contraction of 0.7%. In annual terms, retail sales increased 3.3%, compared to 5% in April.
“Total sales for the March 2025 to May 2025 increased 4.5% compared to the same period last year,” said the press release. “Retail trade sales fell 0.9% since April 2025 and increased 3.0% compared to last year.”
Other US data showed that the import price index remained unchanged in monthly terms in May, while the export price index fell 0.9%.
Market reaction
These figures do not seem to have a significant impact on the performance of the US dollar (USD). At the time of publication, the USD index was lowering 0.04% in the day to 98.10.
Source: Fx Street
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